The Kinks - Black Messiah lyrics
[The Kinks - Black Messiah lyrics]
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the
Good Lord's eyes
But, if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
There's a self made prophet living
Right next to me
He said the Black Messiah's gonna come
And set the whole world free
He looked at me with his
Evil eye and he prophesied
And he really believed it
He said the Black Messiah is gonna
Set the world on fire and he's no liar
'cause he has truly heard the word
Everybody talking about racial equality
But, I'm the only honky living
On an all black street
They knock me down 'cause they
Brown and I white
Like you wouldn't believe it
They say a Black Messiah is gonna
Set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come
And rule the world
Everybody talking about racial equality
Everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black
And that's that
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
Yeah, everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black, that's that
And that's the way you should leave it
Don't want no Black Messiah to come
And set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come
And rule the world
Everybody got to show a little give and take
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
Everybody got to work it out
We gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the
Good Lord's eyes
But, if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
There's a self made prophet living
Right next to me
He said the Black Messiah's gonna come
And set the whole world free
He looked at me with his
Evil eye and he prophesied
And he really believed it
He said the Black Messiah is gonna
Set the world on fire and he's no liar
'cause he has truly heard the word
Everybody talking about racial equality
But, I'm the only honky living
On an all black street
They knock me down 'cause they
Brown and I white
Like you wouldn't believe it
They say a Black Messiah is gonna
Set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come
And rule the world
Everybody talking about racial equality
Everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black
And that's that
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
Yeah, everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black, that's that
And that's the way you should leave it
Don't want no Black Messiah to come
And set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come
And rule the world
Everybody got to show a little give and take
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
Everybody got to work it out
We gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine